Michael Lee Richardson is an

award-winning writer whose short film, My Loneliness is Killing Me, about lonelinessin the gay community, begins production in January 2018. He's also apassionate advocate for Scotland’s LGBTQ youth. Michael lives in Glasgow, buthe grew up in an isolated region of England’s north. You can find him on mostsocial media as @HRFMichael (Her Royal Flyness), but he’s most frequently onTwitter, where he describes himself as a“general pain in the arts”.

We discuss queerness, drag, Geri Halliwell, cult followings, sad disco,

empowerment anthems, gay men and black women, is Kate Bush a Tory?, thecuratorial impulse—and loads more.

Michael’s Five Songs.

• Part of Your World from
  The Little Mermaid.
• Viva Forever by the Spice
  Girls.
• The Magic Position by
  Patrick Wolf.
• The Loving Kind by Girls
  Aloud.
• Flawless (Remix) by
  Beyoncé ft. Nicki Minaj.

Show Notes.

This Is Your Playlist! All the songs featured on This Is Your Mixtape [if they're on

Spotify].